= = " the bourgeois blues " is a blues @ - @ style protest song that critic ##izes the culture of washington , dc . it protests against both the city ' s jim crow laws and the racism of its white population . its structure includes several verses and a refrain that declares that the speaker is going to " spread the news all around " about the racial issues pl ##ag ##uing the city . the song , particularly in the refrain , con ##fl ##ates race and economics by referring to caucasian ##s as " bourgeois " . the first two verses speak of the segregation that lead belly encountered in washington dc : the first recounts the fact that during the trip ,
= = " the bourgeois blues " is a blues @ - @ style protest song that criticizes the culture of washington, dc. it protests against both the city's jim crow laws and the racism of its white population. its structure includes several verses and a refrain that declares that the speaker is going to " spread the news all around " about the racial issues plaguing the city. the song, particularly in the refrain, conflates race and economics by referring to caucasians as " bourgeois ". the first two verses speak of the segregation that lead belly encountered in washington dc : the first recounts the fact that during the trip,